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Tardis
Timeline
1910s •1920s • 1930s • 1940s
19501951195219531954
1950s
part of the 20th century
19551956195719581959
1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s

The Seventh Doctor described the 1950s as the height of American suspicion and xenophobia as a result of the Cold War. (COMIC: The Good Soldier)

A secret bunker was built under Whitehall. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

In the second half of the decade, the British government created Department C19. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)

Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart joined the Scots Guards and was stationed for a time at Aldgate. (TV: The Web of Fear, The Green Death)

Behind the scenes

  • The first airing of the Quatermass serials, which would have a tremendous influence on Doctor Who, occurred.
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